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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

The Russian Trading System Classic Market: Weekly Data

Date 07/10/2002

For the week of September 30rd -October 4th, 2002, the RTS Index posted a 2.86% gain to close at 351.91. The RTS Technical Index rose 2.84% to 387.45.

The week's top performers include "Uralsvyazinform" common shares (URSI) that gained 21.43% and reached $0.0119, Sverdlovenergo common shares (SVER) that posted a 11.30% increase and closed at $0.1625 and Sberbank of Russian Federation (SBER) common shares that reached $177, up 10.63% on last closing.

The top losers of the week were Chelyabinsk Pipe-rolling plant (CHEP) that dropped 14.75% to $0.13 per share, AVTOVAZ common shares (AVAZ) that closed 10.69% down at $25.9, and Baltika Brewery (PKBAP) that lost 9.09% to close at $10.

Total RTS turnover for the week (September 27th - October 4th) equaled $91.608 million, down from $95.691 million the week before. The classic OTC market weekly turnover reached $91.608 million, with daily volume of $18.322 million. The previous week (September 20th-September 27th) showed $95.691 million and $19.138 million, respectively. The average daily volume across the board dropped 4.27%.

The list of last week's bestsellers includes RAO UES common shares (EESR) with weekly turnover of $26.414 million shares, YUKOS common shares (YUKO) - $21.756 million, and common shares of LUKoil (LKOH) with weekly turnover of $14.366 million. The share of these securities in the overall turnover amounted to 28.83%, 23.75% and 15.68%, respectively.